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> he is being arrested because it is illegal in Russia to be against the war do you have any source to support this? I went thru most "Criminal Code of Russia

> he is being arrested because it is illegal in Russia to be against the war do you have any source to support this? I went thru most "Criminal Code of Russia" searching for anything related to war, and could not find anything in terms of even temporary jail time for speaking out against war. Many people do, in Russia, including politicians of Putin opposition and they are nor being jailed. Looks like you can get jailed for participating in a protest against war or basically against anything in Russia... but nobody is going to bother going after you because you have posted a mean tweet. And if you search Twitter there are thousands of anti-war anti-Putin tweets from Russian accounts posted for years and these accounts keep being acting and keep posting (from jail I assume???).

NoPie 5y ago
https://globalcheck.net/en https://globalcheck.net/en twitter.com is not available in Russia. I suppose some people use VPN to access twitter. Even google.com gave instructions to Russian translators to not call war a war fearing the safety of their workers in Russia.
chayleaf 5y ago
See КоАП РФ 20.3.3 and УК РФ 207.3, passed in March. You won't be jailed for a single tweet denouncing the war - but you will likely get up to a $1k fine if you are reported (and since around half of Russians support the war it isn't that unlikely you WILL get reported). If you are more politically active, you can get visitors irl (police coming to your house, or just random pro-government activists doing vandalism around your house/flat). Additionally, spreading "fake news" can get you up to 15 years in jail (but most people "only" qualify for 3 years). By the way, I'm Russian, so feel free to ask me further questions about the overall situation.
- joering2 5y ago
  that's insane! who the heck pass this as a law?? do you guys know names of these people? how come you cannot vote them out of office? my heart goes out to all Russians on the right side of history...

NoPie 5y ago

https://globalcheck.net/en https://globalcheck.net/en twitter.com is not available in Russia. I suppose some people use VPN to access twitter. Even google.com gave instructions to Russian translators to not call war a war fearing the safety of their workers in Russia.

chayleaf 5y ago

See КоАП РФ 20.3.3 and УК РФ 207.3, passed in March. You won't be jailed for a single tweet denouncing the war - but you will likely get up to a $1k fine if you are reported (and since around half of Russians support the war it isn't that unlikely you WILL get reported). If you are more politically active, you can get visitors irl (police coming to your house, or just random pro-government activists doing vandalism around your house/flat). Additionally, spreading "fake news" can get you up to 15 years in jail (but most people "only" qualify for 3 years). By the way, I'm Russian, so feel free to ask me further questions about the overall situation.

joering2 5y ago
that's insane! who the heck pass this as a law?? do you guys know names of these people? how come you cannot vote them out of office? my heart goes out to all Russians on the right side of history...